analytica '94: the world of analysis under one roof
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Analytica '94: the world of analysis under one roof The International Trade Fair for Biochemical and Instrumental Analysis, Diagnostics, and Laboratory Technology with International Conference, better known as Analytica, is held every two years in Munich, Germany. As Europe's leading trade event, it is a forum for innovation in biochemical and instrumental analysis, diagnostics, and laboratory technology. Analytica '94, held April 19-22, attracted more than 33,000 conferees from 73 countries.
The trade fair filled Halls 1-22 of the Messegelande and included booths from 901 companies, of which more than 300 were from companies outside Germany. Halls 1-6 were devoted to laboratory technology, Halls 7-16 covered diagnostics, and Halls 16-21 included instrumental analysis.
The Analytica Conference program was organized by the largest German professional institutes for chemists and biochemists, the Gesellschaft Deut-
scher Chemiker and the Gesellschaft fur Biologische Chemie, together with the faculty of clinical chemistry at the University of Munich. It was divided into three blocks: analytical methods and applications, biochemical analysis, and clinical chemistry and medical laboratory diagnostics. More than 40 half-day symposia and 220 oral presentations attracted more than 2000 specialists from 29 countries.
The combination of trade fair and conference is designed to provide synergy between research and practical applications. According to Heindirk torn Dieck, managing director of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, "Analysis is an area which has shown, time and again, that new findings can be turned very quickly into marketable products. Technology and know-how transfer become far more obvious at a trade fair with a scientific conference." Analytica '96 will be held April 23-26 in Munich.
Advanced Technology Program The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) has announced five economically important fields of research as the first areas for development under their new focused program strategy. Tools for DNA Diagnostics, funded at $145 million, will develop compact, low-cost, automated technologies for DNA analysis. Information Infrastructure for Healthcare, funded at $185 million, will develop technology for enhanced medical information systems. Manufacturing Composite Structures, funded at $160 million, will endeavor to reduce the high cost of using advanced composite materials so they can be used on a large scale, such as bridges and cars. Component-Based Software, funded at $150 million, will develop systematically reusable software components for various applications. Computer-Integrated Manufacturing for Electronics, funded at $105 million, will develop a software-based framework for increased productivity in the electronics industry.
In concert with individual or groups of companies, the ATP shares the cost of funding the development of high-risk technologies. The ATP plans to announce several program competitions this year, each of which will focus on specific, well-defined technological and business goals. For additional information, contact the ATP, A430 Administration Bldg., NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 (800-287-3863; fax 301-926-9524; e-mail [email protected]).
SAS Gold Medal Award Linda B. McGown, professor of chem
istry at Duke University, will be presented with the New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy's Gold Medal Award during a
symposium in her honor at the Eastern Analytical Symposium in Somerset, NJ, on
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